Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for April 6th, 2022. It’s a bit of a calm before the storm situation today, with only a few new releases and a rather slim list of new sales to check out. Don’t worry, tomorrow is going to be a very big day for new games. For now, we’ve got a decent-looking vertical shooter, a new installment in a popular indie horror series, and… sigh, Pix Arts. Just keep telling yourself that Chrono Cross is tomorrow and you’ll be fine. Let’s get to it!
New Releases
Z-Warp ($6.99)
From publisher eastasiasoft and developer Panda Indie Studio comes this vertically-scrolling bullet-hell shoot-em-up. It offers a couple of different modes including a story campaign and an endless mode. The gameplay seems fairly orthodox, but you can charge up a special move to deploy when you’re in a pinch. Without putting my hands on it I can’t really go into too many details about its scoring system and the like, but it certainly seems well-made enough for what it is.
Outbreak: Contagious Memories ($29.99)
I think this is something like the seventh game in this series to hit the Switch? They must be doing quite well with them. Anyway, it’s another survival horror game. You can play alone or bring a friend along in the local co-op multiplayer mode. Play in first person, third person, or with a classic fixed-camera viewpoint. There’s an additional mode that offers more of an arcade-style experience too, among other unlockable goodies. You probably made your decision as to whether or not you’re buying this before you even read a word about it, so I’ll just move along now.
Worm Run ($2.99)
Pix Arts has more junk for us today. It’s probably a template flip but I’m too tired to bother looking anymore. This one is an endless runner of sorts where you play as a worm, moving left and right to avoid obstacles, increase your body size, and collect coins. Those coins can be used to unlock twenty different characters.
Sales
(North American eShop, US Prices)
Now those are some slim pickings. Kitiara Fables and Cat Quest II are the obvious stand-out games here. Beyond that, it’s really just the usual suspects. And not many of them, at that. The outbox is rather big, so perhaps your attention is best focused there. Ubisoft’s latest round of sales is wrapping up, along with some Kairosoft sims, Circle Entertainment goodies, and a few of FDG’s finest. There isn’t anything there that shouldn’t be on sale again soon enough beyond perhaps Rabi-Ribi, but you may want to pick a few things up anyway.
Select New Games on Sale
Gem Wizards Tactics ($1.99 from $12.99 until 4/12)
Nirvana Pilot Yume ($1.99 from $4.99 until 4/12)
Clumsy Rush ($1.99 from $4.99 until 4/12)
Little Bug ($1.99 from $12.99 until 4/12)
Cyber Protocol ($1.99 from $9.99 until 4/12)
OMG Police: Car Chase TV Sim ($1.99 from $4.99 until 4/12)
Buck Bradley Comic Adv. ($1.99 from $6.99 until 4/12)
Kitiara Fables ($13.99 from $19.99 until 4/18)
Cat Quest II ($4.94 from $14.99 until 4/18)
Inertial Drift ($9.99 from $19.99 until 4/18)
Truck Simulator USA ($5.99 from $11.99 until 4/19)
Super One More Jump ($1.99 from $7.00 until 4/26)
OTTTD ($1.99 from $7.99 until 4/26)
Planet Quiz Complete ($9.74 from $12.99 until 4/26)
Niche: Genetics Survival Game ($7.99 from $19.99 until 4/26)
Logistics Simulator ($4.99 from $9.99 until 4/26)
Speedway Racing ($2.49 from $9.99 until 4/26)
Titans Pinball ($2.00 from $2.99 until 4/26)
Dragon Pinball ($2.00 from $2.99 until 4/26)
Sales Ending Tomorrow, Thursday, April 7th
Arrest of a Stone Buddha ($8.99 from $14.99 until 4/7)
Assassin’s Creed Ezio Collection ($29.99 from $39.99 until 4/7)
Assassin’s Creed III Remastered ($14.79 from $39.99 until 4/7)
Assassin’s Creed Rebel Collection ($14.79 from $39.99 until 4/7)
Blossom Tales: TSK ($5.24 from $14.99 until 4/7)
Bridge Constructor Portal ($3.74 from $14.99 until 4/7)
Bridge Constructor Walking Dead ($2.49 from $9.99 until 4/7)
Call of Juarez Gunslinger ($7.99 from $19.99 until 4/7)
Caveman Warriors ($1.99 from $12.99 until 4/7)
Crypt of the NecroDancer ($3.99 from $19.99 until 4/7)
Cube Raiders ($3.24 from $12.99 until 4/7)
Dead End Job ($4.24 from $16.99 until 4/7)
Doodle Derby ($1.99 from $7.99 until 4/7)
Dungeon and Gravestone ($9.99 from $24.99 until 4/7)
Eight Dragons ($3.99 from $7.99 until 4/7)
Elliot ($2.49 from $9.99 until 4/7)
Emma: Lost in Memories ($1.99 from $7.99 until 4/7)
Exodemon ($6.49 from $12.99 until 4/7)
Family Feud ($9.99 from $29.99 until 4/7)
Furwind ($2.49 from $9.99 until 4/7)
Game Dev Story ($7.00 from $14.00 until 4/7)
Great Conqueror: Rome ($5.99 from $9.99 until 4/7)
Gunma’s Ambition ($1.99 from $9.99 until 4/7)
Hidden Paws ($2.99 from $3.99 until 4/7)
Immortals Fenyx Rising ($14.99 from $59.99 until 4/7)
Immortals Fenyx Rising Gold ($24.99 from $9.99 until 4/7)
In Celebration of Violence ($3.89 from $12.99 until 4/7)
Indiecalypse ($3.24 from $12.99 until 4/7)
Just Dance 2022 ($24.99 from $49.99 until 4/7)
Just Dance 2022 Ultimate ($44.99 from $74.99 until 4/7)
Kairobotica ($8.40 from $14.00 until 4/7)
Maitetsu Pure Station ($20.99 from $34.99 until 4/7)
March to a Million ($8.40 from $14.00 until 4/7)
Max & the Book of Chaos ($1.99 from $7.99 until 4/7)
Mercenaries Wings: False Phoenix ($7.79 from $12.99 until 4/7)
Metaverse Keeper ($10.49 from $14.99 until 4/7)
MiniGolf Tour ($7.69 from $10.99 until 4/7)
Monopoly ($9.99 from $39.99 until 4/7)
Monopoly Madness ($19.49 from $29.99 until 4/7)
Monster Boy & the Cursed Kingdom ($13.99 from $39.99 until 4/7)
Mystic Fate ($4.99 from $9.99 until 4/7)
Oceanhorn 2: KotLR ($22.49 from $29.99 until 4/7)
Oceanhorn: MoUS ($5.24 from $14.99 until 4/7)
Pianista ($19.99 from $24.99 until 4/7)
Pippu Bauble Quest ($1.99 from $3.99 until 4/7)
Pixel Heroes Mega Byte & Magic ($11.24 from $14.99 until 4/7)
Pocket Academy ($7.00 from $14.00 until 4/7)
Pumpkin Jack ($13.49 from $29.99 until 4/7)
Rabi-Ribi ($20.99 from $29.99 until 4/7)
Regions of Ruin ($2.49 from $9.99 until 4/7)
Reknum ($1.99 from $4.99 until 4/7)
Rodent Warriors ($4.99 from $9.99 until 4/7)
Runestone Keeper ($5.99 from $9.99 until 4/7)
Scott Pilgrim vs The World ($7.49 from $14.99 until 4/7)
Shiny Ski Resort ($8.40 from $14.00 until 4/7)
Silver Chains ($8.74 from $24.99 until 4/7)
Slayin 2 ($4.19 from $11.99 until 4/7)
Slime-san ($4.19 from $11.99 until 4/7)
South Park Fractured But Whole Gold ($22.49 from $89.99 until 4/7)
South Park The Stick of Truth ($11.99 from $29.99 until 4/7)
Space Revenge ($5.49 from $10.99 until 4/7)
Spartan Fist ($3.74 from $14.99 until 4/7)
Spirit Arena ($2.49 from $9.99 until 4/7)
Super Hyperactive Ninja ($1.99 from $8.99 until 4/7)
Super Treasure Arena ($1.99 from $9.99 until 4/7)
TENS! ($1.99 from $9.99 until 4/7)
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters ($5.24 from $14.99 until 4/7)
The Coma Recut ($5.24 from $14.99 until 4/7)
The Enigma Machine ($5.59 from $7.99 until 4/7)
The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa ($8.99 from $14.99 until 4/7)
The Last Dead End ($2.49 from $9.99 until 4/7)
The Lost Cube ($4.99 from $9.99 until 4/7)
Tied Together ($2.99 from $14.99 until 4/7)
Truberbrook ($7.49 from $29.99 until 4/7)
UNO ($3.99 from $9.99 until 4/7)
V.O.I.D. ($1.99 from $3.99 until 4/7)
Vambrace: Cold Soul ($6.24 from $24.99 until 4/7)
Venture Kid ($3.50 from $10.00 until 4/7)
Windscape ($4.99 from $19.99 until 4/7)
Wizodd ($2.49 from $4.99 until 4/7)
That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with a substantially more exciting list of new releases including titles like Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, The House of the Dead: Remake, Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter, Slipstream, and more. We’ll have summaries of all of them, along with whatever sales and big news roll in over the course of the day. I hope you all have a great Wednesday, and as always, thanks for reading!
